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LEIMADOPHIS 



LEIMADOPHIS ATAHUALLPAE ( Ste i ndachner) 



1501 L i oph i s atahuallpae Ste I ndachner, Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 38: 195' Type-locality: Las Palmas, 



W. spur of Andes between Babahojio and Guaranda, Ecuador, 25OO m. 

 1569 Le imadoph i s atahuallpae — Myers, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2385: 21. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



LEIMADOPHIS BIMACULATUS (Cope) 



1899 Llophis bimaculatus Cope. Scl . Bull. Mus. Phila., 1: 11, pi. 4, fig. 2a-e. Type-locality: 



Colombia. "Presumably from the vicinity of Bogota", according to Dunn, Caldasia, 2, 1944 484. 

 1944 Le imadoph i s b imaculatus — Dunn, Caldasia, 2: 484. 



Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. 



Content: Three subspecies. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Venter distinctly spotted with black 2 1. Vientre manchado en negro d i st I ntamen t e 2 



Venter immaculate or with small, indistinct Vientre Inmaculado con pequenas manchas 



spott i ng op i sthotaen ia obsoletas op Isthotaen ia 



2. Ventrals 15* or fewer; caudals fewer than 2. Ventrales 154 menos; caudales menos de 60 



60 lamonae lamonae 



Ventrals 165 °'' more; caudals 60 or more Ventrales I65 mas; caudales 60 mas 



bimaculatus b imaculatus 



Le imadoph i s b imaculatus b imaculatus (Cope) 



1903 Liophis bipraeocular I s Boulenger. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) 12: 351. Type-locality: 



Facatativa, Colombia, 8000 m. 

 19** Le imadoph i s b imaculatus b imaculatus — Dunn, Caldasia, 2: 484. 



Distribution: Eastern Andes of Colombia. 



Le imadoph i s bimaculatus lamonae Dunn 



19*^ Le imadoph is bimaculatus lamonae Dunn, Caldasia, 2; 485. Type-locality: Sonson, 

 Antioquia, Colombia, 2410 m. 



Distribution: Provincias Antioquia and Caldas, in central and western Andes, Colombia; 

 Laurent, Bull. Inst. Roy. Sc i . Nat. Belgique, 25 (9), I949, 8, reports a specimen from 

 Ecuador. 



Le Imadoph is b imaculatus op isthotaen ia (Boulenger) 



1908 Liophis opisthotaenia Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (s) 1: 114. Type-locality: 



Merida, Venezuela, I6OO m. 

 1966 Le imadoph i s b imaculatus op i sthotaenia — Roze, Of idios de Venezuela: I57. 



Distribution: Andes of Merida, Venezuela. 



LEIMADOPHIS EPINEPHELUS (Cope) 



1862 Liophis epinephalus Cope (corrected in errata sheet to ep inephelus ). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., 



1862: 78. Type-locality: Truando, Colombia. 

 1929 Le imadoph is ep i nephelus — Amaral, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 4: I65. 



Distribution: Costa Rica to northwestern Ecuador. 



Content: Three subspecies. 



